ABSTRACT

This book is a study of regime change in an underdeveloped country with a weak state and strong autonomous social organizations. Regime change is in many countries a traumatic and disruptive experience, but few countries have paid as high a cost to retain traditionally accepted relationships of authority as has Afghanistan since the communist coup

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|24 pages

State, Societies, and Political Legitimacy

chapter 3|21 pages

The New Regime

chapter 4|27 pages

The Opposition

chapter 5|19 pages

Soviet Options

chapter 6|18 pages

The Geneva Débâcle

chapter 7|17 pages

The Aftermath of the Withdrawal

chapter 8|26 pages

The Destructuring of Afghanistan

chapter 9|5 pages

Conclusion